Taggia
Tombs dating from the 10th-7th centuries BC have been found in the area of Taggia. During the Roman domination it was an important commercial port, known as Costa Balenae. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the old centre was damaged by the invasion of Rotharis's Lombards and then by a landslide in 690. The inhabitants moved to a new walled settlement, called Tabia. Despite its defences, in 889 it was sacked and razed to the ground by the Saracens
The rebuilt burgh became in 1153 a fief of the Clavesana family, but soon later it was acquired by the Republic of Genoa. In 1273 it became an autonomous commune, later receiving a podestà named in Genoa, under which it remained until its disappearing in the Napoleonic Wars. Later it was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1815) and of the Kingdom of Italy (1861).
Arma di Taggia
Arma di Taggia är en riktig badort med breda sandstränder och ett pittoreskt läge nära de större grannorterna Sanremo (ca 8 km) och Imperia (ca 20 km). Arma di Taggias "moder" - den ursprungliga byn Taggia - ligger en bit in i landet och den är helt klart väl värd ett besök om man vill uppleva den historiska kärnan och ta en paus från badlivet.